Tuesday, July 12, 2011

This year, I'm the one and only manager of our CSA stop, which means whatever goes wrong is all my fault. The kids come with me while Jon teaches writing to prisoners at the county jail. Bastian counted a lot of cabbage. He was very proud of himself.

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Bastian has decided to save watermelon seeds so he can have a watermelon farm. It will go along quite nicely with our apple farm which Aleks began with seeds from his apple and which are now the tiniest treeling in a big red pot on our porch. Once it's a nice sapling, we'll get a graft from a Honey Crisp tree somehow, I reckon.

Monday, July 4, 2011

Aunt Natty visited from Pittsburgh where she is studying Serbian for six weeks before heading to Montenegro before coming home and moving to Kansas for grad school. Crazy traveler, that one. We got to spend time and do summery things in the heat wave. Like eat ice cream. And sit in the conditioned air of ladies' undergarments whilst Natty tried things on.We also went to the beach.Aleks wanted to be buried.I helped with the digging.Then Bastian wanted to be buried. I like this series of Aleks in the background.And Natalie buried herself, so Bastian sat on her.Didn't the founding fathers invent s'mores? I think so.We don't like going to fireworks displays because we hate crowds and mosquitoes. I'm sure the kids would love them, but we're mean parents who don't wanna go there. So. We play with small explosives at home with the neighbors.

About Us

This blog is intended to chronicle the life-learning journey of Sugarboot and Weasel, the youngest members of our unschooling family of four: Jon, Aleks (10), Bastian (7), and Anna Kiss, the primary author. Jon is an Environmental Historian, currently teaching as an adjunct, awaiting a tenure-track position to come through. Anna volunteers in the local foods movement and birth activism. Aleks is a precocious one, teetering on adolescence even though he's only just entered the tweens. Bastian dissects social interactions through imaginative play. We live in Ohio and are venturing toward the radical in every facet of our lives. One day, we'll build Hobbiton. For now, the Northern coast keeps us.